New fa­cil­i­ties in place for open­ing meet­ing at Tip­per­ary

Tip­per­ary Race­course will open its gates for the first meet­ing of the 2013 sea­son next Thurs­day, show­cas­ing the re­sults of the lat­est de­vel­op­ment work at the track.

The de­vel­op­ment in­cludes a new en­trance build­ing, the re­lo­ca­tion of the pre-sad­dling arena in front of the stand, im­prove­ments to the en­clo­sure lay­out and the com­ple­tion of the sta­ble yard up­grade. This fol­lows the con­struc­tion of a 42-stall Amer­i­can-style barn last year.

A new path­way has been in­stalled to link the Lim­er­ick­end car park to the new en­trance build­ing, mean­ing cus­tomers can eas­ily and safely ac­cess the en­trance from both car parks.

The de­vel­op­ment will also in­clude the in­stal­la­tion of a chil­dren’s play­ground which will be lo­cated in the heart of the en­clo­sure, close to the self-ser­vice restau­rant. Al­ter- ations have been made to the book­mak­ers’ ring which was part of the over­all im­prove­ments to the sur­fac­ing and lay­out of the en­clo­sure.